diff --git a/pkgs/development/julia-modules/depot.nix b/pkgs/development/julia-modules/depot.nix
index c2189ebaf94c..017bc19acd50 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/julia-modules/depot.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/julia-modules/depot.nix
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ runCommand "julia-depot" {
   # See https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/315890
   git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
 
+  # Tell Julia to use the Git binary we provide, rather than internal libgit2.
   export JULIA_PKG_USE_CLI_GIT="true"
 
   # At time of writing, this appears to be the only way to turn precompiling's
diff --git a/pkgs/development/julia-modules/python/minimal_registry.py b/pkgs/development/julia-modules/python/minimal_registry.py
index c9527f0ef809..eea40d1fb951 100755
--- a/pkgs/development/julia-modules/python/minimal_registry.py
+++ b/pkgs/development/julia-modules/python/minimal_registry.py
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ for (uuid, versions) in uuid_to_versions.items():
     os.makedirs(out_path / path)
 
     # Copy some files to the minimal repo unchanged
-    for f in ["Compat.toml", "Deps.toml"]:
+    for f in ["Compat.toml", "Deps.toml", "WeakCompat.toml", "WeakDeps.toml"]:
       if (registry_path / path / f).exists():
         shutil.copy2(registry_path / path / f, out_path / path)
 
diff --git a/pkgs/development/julia-modules/registry.nix b/pkgs/development/julia-modules/registry.nix
index 71d0a2733e8c..6daca3d17b42 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/julia-modules/registry.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/julia-modules/registry.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 fetchFromGitHub {
   owner = "CodeDownIO";
   repo = "General";
-  rev = "de80ad56e87f222ca6a7a517c69039d35437ab42";
-  sha256 = "0pz1jmmcb2vn854w8w0zlpnihi470649cd8djh1wzgq2i2fy83bl";
-  # date = "2023-12-22T03:28:12+00:00";
+  rev = "998c6da1553dc0776dfff314d2f1bd5af488ed71";
+  sha256 = "sha256-57RiIPTu9895mdk3oSfo7I3PYw7G0BfJG1u+mYkJeLk=";
+  # date = "2024-07-01T12:22:35+00:00";
 }